Waylon Jennings lost the coin toss against Ritchie Valens for a spot on the plane. Fortuitously for him, that loss saved his life. (That is the movie version). Dion, of Dion and the Belmonts, was offered a seat but said that a $36 ticket was a month's rent on his parent's apartment. Tommy Allsup was to have taken a seat but J.P. Richardson was quite ill and Allsup agreed to give his seat up for the Bopper.
Waylon Jennings gave up his seat to the Big Bopper. Tommy Allsup lost the coin toss to Richie Valens. Buddy chartered the bus the headliners of the act.
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Ritchie Valens died in a tragic plane crash on February 3rd, 1959. It is known as "the day the music died," and fellow musicians Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper were also in the plane at the time.
The Big Bopper sang the song "Chantilly Lace" in the 1950s.
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P, "The Big Bopper" Richardson as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson... It was called The Day the Music Died by Don McLean in his song American Pie
Chantilly lace was probably the most popular. See Oldies.com for a list
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper. Though many think it really more about Buddy Holly, the album, American Pie, was dedicated to him.